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Action to keep any military hostilities from occurring. several u.s. military analysts say the problem is it's just so hard to read north korea's intentions at this point. >> the defense department, so worried that admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, spends sunday evening in the secure national military command center deep inside the pentagon monitoring the explosive situation. in pyongyang, 14 hours ahead of the east coast, it's already monday morning. as the south koreans prepare for their military exercise, bill richardson prepares to meet with the vice president at ...

Suspected if there was an escalation and a war, it would be a good place to be in pyongyang to report on it. but i also immediately suspected i wouldn't be able to get out and they wouldn't let me make any phone calls so i'd have the worst of all situations -- a horrible war and not be able to report on cnn what was going on because they would keep me silent. the north koreans are crafting their next move and its a stunning surprise. late that evening, the army issued this statement -- we felt it was not worth reacting one by one to military provocations, it says, dismissing the south korean d...

Pyongyang, the united nations security council is meeting in new york on the korean crisis. it's late sunday, december 19th. >> south korea has promised to begin military drills at any time, and north korea has warned it will retaliate if they do. the u.n. security council today seemed powerless to stop it. >> six hours of talks in new york end without action. >> unable to agree on a security council statement regarding hostilities on the korean peninsula. >> at the pentagon a state of high alert. any hostilities between north and south korea could quickly involve the 28,000 u.s. military pers...

Look at this poarking lot. one thing that was impressive inside, it was warm. they were heating some of the halls, which is unusual. a lot of times in these huge structures and buildings in pyongyang, it's freezing cold inside. they don't really have a lot of electricity, and they use it it sparingly. as a result it gets cold inside, but at least this time it was warm. >> i'm very happy to meet my old friend. >> the meeting is in a huge room. richardson brings gifts from new mexico, five films made there. the dear leader likes movies. the talks last 90 minutes, and very soon afterwards i'm on ...

It's a serene quiet morning here in the heart of pyongyang. some kids are plays and some couples with walking by, families are having a good time, but it's sort of misleading but it's anything but quiet on the korean peninsula right now. it's a tense moment. inside that building richardson is meeting with north korean military officers. this may be the most important meeting he's had since arriving here at the north korean capital. the stakes clearly are enormous. the meeting breaks up. the general is not backing down. he warns that if the south koreans go ahead with their exercise, the north ...